<B><CENTER><P>Chirp! Chirp! Chirp!</P></CENTER></B><P>That's the sound crickets make. You've probably heard them chirp on a summer evening. But did you know that they make their chirping sounds by rubbing their wings together, and that only male crickets can chirp?</P><P>Inside this book you'll learn about crickets, and even how to tell the temperature by counting a cricket's chirps.</P><P>Melvin Berger and Megan Lloyd have created a wonderful introduction to a fascinating insect: the cricket.</P>Chirrrp, chirrrp, chirrrpthats the sound of crickets on a summer evening. A male cricket makes this sound by rubbing his legs against a bumpy vein on his wing. Find out more about crickets, including how they hear with their knees, in this stunningly illustrated introduction to the cricket. <P>